Cory
Testimonials
“My training in the CC Pearce Culinary School directly led to my employment at some of Greenville's top restaurants, including Woodside Bistro, Maestro's Bistro and Dinner Club, and the Farehouse. Ultimately, my experience with Project Host provided me with a career path and financial stability I couldn't have imagined before the program.”
-Cory Byers, Culinary Student 2013
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Rosemarie 3
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“You get to know guests by name and hear their stories. I remember just being shocked one day when I came and found out one of the regular guests had died. He was such a great guy, and it really bothered me, so much so that I wrote a story about him in a writing class and how much he meant to us all. He didn't have much, but he was so full of life and so grateful. Here's a person who has nothing, but is rich in so many ways.”
-Rosemarie Winters, Volunteer
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Ronisha 3
Testimonials
“When I started at the Project Host culinary school, I had left the workforce to be a stay-at-home mom and was unemployed. The most valuable thing for me was to be able to receive basic training and job skills for free. The whole experience was a learning experience, but to have that opportunity given to me without having to pay—because as an adult education is no longer free—that was great.”
-Ronisha Ware, Culinary Student 2009
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LaToya 2
Testimonials
“Project Host has helped our children become healthier and conscious of their daily eating habits. Our organization has always encouraged healthy eating and daily physical activity to reduce the childhood obesity, and Project Host has been that ‘staple’ in our program, to help us reach that goal.”
-LaToya Warren, Reaching Our Youth Upstate
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Allen
Testimonials
“Since March 2020, Project Host has been a tremendous blessing to the Nicholtown neighborhood residents. Many households have been assisted with this weekly distribution and the impetus of the Project Host program has helped the Nicholtown Neighborhood Association, Inc. to garner additional partners for distribution of safety masks, fresh produce, and other necessary items and services. A seed was planted by Project Host, and that seed has grown into a tremendous outpouring of support.”
-Allen Mitchell, Nicholtown Neighborhood Association, Inc.
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Eric 2
Testimonials
“I feel like I’ve gone from a cook to a chef. I’ve learned how to cut properly, including basic techniques and which knives to use for which food. I’ve also learned basic, simple, new, healthy recipes that I can take and perfect.”
-Ericion Anderson, Culinary Student 2020
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Ronisha 2
Testimonials
“Right after I completed the Project Host culinary school, I went and applied for a business license to start a catering business. I catered all the way up until my kids were in school, and I’m still doing it on and off. Now I just got a job in food service with the Greenville County School District. They wanted to know if I had experience with commercial equipment, and I was able to tell them, yes, I had gotten that experience at Project Host.”
-Ronisha Ware, Culinary Student 2009
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Joyce
Testimonials
“I entered the culinary school after retiring, thinking I would learn some basic skills, and in the end I got a job at Christ Church. I would have never had the connection to the church had it not been for Project Host, but now everything has come full circle. I learned what Project Host was doing for the community when I was in the culinary school, and now my work at Christ Church has been an extension of that experience. it's been very rewarding.”
-Joyce Thompson, Culinary Student 2012
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Rosemarie 2
Testimonial
“Doing something good for someone else is always rewarding. I think I get more benefit out of it than the guests do, and when people come back and say, ‘Man! That was delicious!’ or ‘Those greens were great! Just like my mama used to fix,’ you feel like you're doing something good and giving people comfort food they don't get on a daily basis.”
-Rosemarie Winters, Volunteer
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Ronisha 1
Testimonials
“The culinary school gives people an opportunity to better themselves and gives them the self-esteem to go and look for something that they might be interested in. I have nothing but good things to say from working with the Soup Kitchen to the program working with kids—it’s amazing.”
-Ronisha Ware, Culinary Student 2009
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Eric 1
Testimonials
“I feel really good knowing that kids are being fed well, and it’s still a teaching and learning environment for me. My daughter loves that she gets to see me do this—prepare and distribute free meals to those in need.”
-Ericion Anderson, Culinary Student 2020
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LaToya 1
Testimonials
“Project Host not only provided kids' regular food during our business hours, but also prepared take-home dinners for each family we served. No one was prepared for what this situation would bring, and Project Host's additional service helped to ease our parents' minds concerning the question of feeding their families every night!”
- LaToya Warren, Reaching Our Youth Upstate
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Amanda 1
Testimonials
“Every day is a memory to take with me. Every day that I’m here, every second, every hour, I’m going to take it with me. Even when I’m 70, I want to be one of those little old ladies still coming to Project Host!”
-Amanda Worley, Volunteer
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Rosemarie 1
Testimonials
“I love to cook, so I can have fun when someone says, ‘Make something out of what we've got in the pantry,’ and it's rewarding in that respect for me. I also like the camaraderie with the other volunteers.”
-Rosemarie Winters, Volunteer
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